ArticleCureus2023
Impact of Denture Prostheses on Cognitive Functioning in Completely Edentulous Patients: A Pilot Study.
Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06688669 (Examining the Effects of Removable Denture on Behavior and Cognitive Skills in Geriatric Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.
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Examining the Effects of Removable Denture on Behavior and Cognitive Skills in Geriatric Patients
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2 citing papers in PubMed.
- The Impact of Denture Use on Cognitive Function in the Elderly: A Clinical Study.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2025Article
- Clinical and Radiological Markers of Periodontal Status and Risk of Cognitive Decline and Incident Dementia.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2025Article
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Abstract
aimThe aim is to evaluate the impact of denture prostheses on cognitive functioning in completely edentulous patients using a novel cognitive assessment tool.
methodsThirty (n=30) completely edentulous patients of age groups above 60 years were taken in the present study group. Pre- and post-cognitive assessments were done on the patients using a novel cognitive assessment tool, Dental Cognitive Functioning Assessment Tool (DCFAT). These assessments were done in the pre-treatment stage and after two weeks and three months of prostheses function.
resultsThe mean DCFAT score of 30 patients shows 10.13 recorded prior to denture fabrication and 11.5 and 14 after two weeks and three months of prosthesis function, respectively. A mean difference in the DCFAT score of 1.37 was seen between the pre-denture fabrication stage and two weeks of prosthesis function. The mean difference in DCFAT score of 3.87 was seen between the pre-denture fabrication stage and three months of prosthesis function and the mean difference score of DCFAT score 2.5 was observed after two weeks and three months of prosthesis function. One-way ANOVA was used to investigate the statistical difference between bivariate samples followed by the post hoc Tukey test. The results were statistically significant p < 0.00001.
conclusionThe inference obtained suggest that the replacement of missing teeth by denture prostheses enhances the cognitive functioning in the elderly population which can eventually reduce the occurrence of dementia.
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